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D. A. MoDONALD. Boot and Shoe Guard.

No. 241,391. Patented May 10, I881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DOMINIGK A. \IGDONALD, OF ROOKLAND, MAINE, ASSIGNOR, OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE W. BERRY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT AND SHOE GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,391, dated May 10, 1881,

Application tiled July 23, 1990. (No model.)

To (1.1 I. whom it may concern:

lte it known that I, Dommca A. \[CDON- Manoflioeklaml, count-y otKnox,and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful linprovement in Guards for Boots and Shoes; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improved side guard for boots and shoes, chieily of the coarser class, designed to cover both the side of'the sole and a part of the upper with the same piece of metal. it is specially designed to preventthe side wear to which the boots or shoes of youths are exposed in what is called coasting, where the foot is dragged upon the side; and is also designed for boots of a class of workmen, such as miners or men working in quarries, where theuppers are exposed at the side to the sharp edgesof fragimmtsofstone. Incidentally, also, I design to give, by the same piece of metal, additional durability to the bottom of the sole, and to make the boot or shoe less liable to slip upon the ice.

in the tuieom mnying drawings, Figure .1. is a perspective, view of the device'as applied to a boot or shoe. Fig. 2 represents the guard detached, and Fig.1 is ntwins-verse section thereof.

in these drawings the guard is represented at A. It is formed out of a single piece of metal, (preferably sheet metal,) from which it may be struck up in the ordinary manner. It is made slightly curved, so that it may be applied to nnysize of boot or shoe, within reasonable limits, by the wearer.

The part marked (1. is adapted to cover the edge of the sole and to extend down llush with the surface thereof. The part protecting the upper is marked I). it is extended over the upper far enough to protect it from wear when the boot is turned down sidewisc, or when the boot is pushed sidewise against such material as sharp broken stone. The groove between these two parts corresponds with that in the boot. or shoe, and the piece is intemlcd to ilt snugly upon the side, as described. It is designed to make these pieces, as articles of manufacture for sale, separate from the boot or shoe, as they may not be desired by all purchasers. The slightly-curved form of the arti- 010 allows it to be applied to the side of boots and shoes slightly varying in curve. I-Ioles are made preferably at the ends through the part (I, for seenrim the article in place.

This guard is constructed and adapted to 5 be placed upon the sides of boots and shoes, and serves the purpose of a side-guard, and at the same time, as the lower edge extends down flush with the umler surface of the sole, it adds to the wearing quality of the sole exactly at I am aware that a tip has been heretofore known covering the edge of the sole and the upper, the same having been shown in the patent of Sparrow, of August 20,1867, numbered 67,920, and I do not broadly claim a guard covering with one piece both the edge and the upper; but

What 1 do claim as my invention is- A side-guard for boots and shoes,composed of a single piece of curved metal, aml having a lower perforated part, a, and the upper part,

I), and groove between said parts, as deserihtul and shown.

In testimonywhereofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence. of two subscribing witnesses.

DOhllNlUK A. MCDONALD.

Witnesses:

JAMES KENNEDY, \V. O. Anno'r'r. 

